Textile
ca. 1850 (made)
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Waist cloth ('lungi' or 'lacha') of silk and gold-wrapped thread. The brilliant colour scheme of pink, green and gold is typical of the silk textiles of the Punjab.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk with gold-wrapped thread |
| Brief description | Waist-cloth of woven silk with gold-wrapped thread, Punjab, Pakistan, ca. 1850. |
| Physical description | Waist cloth ('lungi' or 'lacha') of silk and gold-wrapped thread. The brilliant colour scheme of pink, green and gold is typical of the silk textiles of the Punjab. |
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| Gallery label | MAN'S LUNGI
A lungi is worn wrapped around the waist. The format and bold colour palette of this example were typical of the wrapped garments of the Punjab, although they are now rarely seen. The pink and green bands are of weft-faced silk, in which the weft threads almost completely hide the warp.
Silk (plain weave) with metal-wrapped thread
Gurdaspur, Punjab, about 1855
V&A: 7109 (IS)(03/10/2015-10/01/2016) |
| Bibliographic reference | Colours of the Indus : costume and textiles of Pakistan / Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill. London: Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997 Number: 1858940443
pp.90-91, ill. pl. 142 |
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| Accession number | 7109(IS) |
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| Record created | November 11, 2002 |
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